New York A 945: Prohibits registered sex offenders from using or being within five hundred feet of any state or municipal-owned park

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A00945 Summary:

BILL NOA00945 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00016

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SPONSORWalsh (MS)

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COSPNSRPalmesano, McDonough, Brabenec, Reilly, Mikulin, Woerner, Manktelow, DeStefano, Smith, Miller,
 Durso, Gallahan, Simpson, Slater, Brook-Krasny, Brown K, Chang, Novakhov, Taylor

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MLTSPNSRHawley, Morinello, Tague

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Add §15-a, amd §16, Ed L

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Enacts Jacobe's Law requiring school administrators to contact the parents or guardians of students when bullying or harassment has occurred.

Go to top A00945 Actions:

BILL NOA00945 

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01/08/2025referred to education

05/20/2025held for consideration in education

01/07/2026referred to education

Go to topA00945 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:EDUCATION Chair:Benedetto 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:20/8 Action: Held for Consideration BenedettoAyeSmithNay

MagnarelliAyeMcDonoughExcused

PaulinAyeMikulinNay

RamosAyeReillyNay

KimAyeBrownNay

OtisAyeChangNay

HyndmanAyePirozzoloNay

BronsonAyeMaherNay

TaylorAyeSempolinskiNay

Bichotte HermelAye

SayeghExcused

ButtenschonAye

ConradAye

JacksonAye

MitaynesAye

SeptimoAye

De Los SantosAye

Pheffer AmatoAye

GibbsAye

ClarkExcused

ZaccaroAye

TorresAye

Go to topA00945 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA00945 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 945

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WALSH, PALMESANO, McDONOUGH, BRABENEC, REILLY,
 MIKULIN, WOERNER, MANKTELOW, DeSTEFANO, SMITH, MILLER, DURSO, GALLA-
 HAN, SIMPSON, SLATER, BROOK-KRASNY, K. BROWN, CHANG, NOVAKHOV --
 Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY, MORINELLO, TAGUE -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting "Jacobe's
 law"

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Jacobe's law".
 2 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 15-a to read
 3 as follows:
 4 § 15-a. Reporting by school employees. 1. School employees, as defined
 5 in subdivision four of this section, shall investigate and verify, in
 6 accordance with the provisions of this article, that a reported incident
 7 of harassment, bullying or discrimination has occurred.
 8 2. Upon a verified incident of harassment, bullying or discrimination,
 9 a licensed or certified school counselor, school social worker, school
 10 psychologist, school nurse, principal or assistant principal shall
 11 discuss with each student involved in the incident whether the student
 12 has any health, safety or privacy concerns with the school employee
 13 making a reasonable and good faith effort to contact their parent or
 14 person in parental relation. Any discussions shall be immediately docu-
 15 mented by such school counselor, school social worker, school psychol-
 16 ogist, school nurse, principal or assistant principal.
 17 3. If a student does not express a health, safety or privacy concern,
 18 the school employee shall make a reasonable and good faith effort to
 19 contact the parent or person in parental relation of the students
 20 involved in the incident by telephone, email, mail or other means to
 21 discuss the incident and ways to effectively address the situation. If a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00115-01-5

 A. 945 2

 1 student does express a health, safety or privacy concern, such school
 2 counselor, school social worker, school psychologist, school nurse,
 3 principal or assistant principal shall determine, using their profes-
 4 sional judgement, if contacting a student's parent or person in parental
 5 relation would be in the best interest of the student.
 6 4. As used in this section "school employee" shall mean the principal,
 7 superintendent or the principal's or superintendent's designee who is
 8 charged with receiving reports of harassment, bullying and discrimi-
 9 nation in accordance with paragraph a of subdivision one of section
 10 thirteen of this article.
 11 § 3. Section 16 of the education law, as amended by chapter 102 of the
 12 laws